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Wcofeeard
Lait Week's results Next Week’s Schedule
Monday
Volleyball at Anne
Arundel and Hood
Women's soccer
SMC 13, Trinity 0
Wednesday
Volleyball at
Shenandoah and
Marymount
Mins Soccer
SMC 0, York 3
SMC 0* Mary Washing-tonS
:K:
Saturday
Volleyball at SMC
• College Tournament
Soccer at Western
Maryland College
Volleyball -fe;-
Mary Washington de­feated
SMC, 3-0
SMC defeated
StertMdo^h, 3-0 :;iif
Sports Commentary—-------------------------------------------
A discussion with Bob Valvano
LEYLA KRIKOR
staff writer
When I went to interview Bob
Valvano, I didn’t quite know what to
expect. I had no idea what sort of a
person he was and the little I had heard
about him had been pretty negative.
After I talked with him. however, I felt
differently.
All that most people know about
Bob Valvano is what they heard in
March when he was fired from Catho­lic.
Many of the stories that went
around then were highly exaggerated
and as Coach Valvano pointed out to
me, if you take the worst incidents
during a three year period in anyone's
life as a representative of that person,
you get apretty negative impression of
almost anyone. Most people made up
their minds how they felt about Bob
Valvano without rinding out the facts.
First of all, most people don’t real­ize
what an experienced and distin­guished
coach Bob Valvano is. He has
fifteen years of coaching experience,
including time in all three NCAA
divisions as well as coaching profes­sionally
in Europe. He has always had
successful teams, and is known for
making sure his teams do well aca­demically.
Most people also don’t re­alize
what a good person Bob Valvano
is. After speaking with him, any ques­tions
I had about his character were
put to rest.
I first asked Coach Valvano about
the incidents at Catholic. In three years
at Catholic, Coach Valvano essen-tiallyrebuiltthemen’sbasketball
team,
taking them from 17-35 his first two
seasons to 21 -6 his last season. At the
end of the 1991-92 season, Catholic
had a legitimate chance for a national
tournament berth. In three years at
Catholic, his teams set six NCAA
Division III as well as sixteen school
records. Last year, the Catholic Cardi­nals
also had a fourteen game winning
streak, the longest in school history.
He has along list of accomplishments
to his name. Two incidents, however,
have marred his record. In 1989,
Valvano allowed players of legal drink­ing
age to buy beer on the trip home
from a game. He now admits that it
was an “error in judgement.” In 1990,
during a losing streak, Coach Valvano,
using a motivational technique bor­rowed
from Bobby Knight, distrib­uted
tampons to his players. Although
it worked and the team won the next
six games, Valvano admits that after­wards,
“I felt it was wrong and I didn’t
think it was a good thing to do...It was
a tremendous oversight on my part”
It was a isolated incident that was
never repeated. While many people
who don’t know Bob Valvano view
this incident as evidence of sexism he
vehemently denies that: “I’m not sex­ist.
I’ve never been sexist,” and that
thought has been reiterated to me by
everyone I’ve spoken to who knows
him. After speaking with him, I am
convinced that he is not at all sexist,
not just because of his explanation of
the tampon incident, but on a more
personal note, when I interviewed him,
he treated me, as a female sports-writer,
with respect, and he took me
seriously, which is a lotmore than I’ve
gotten from some people.
In speaking with Coach Valvano
about his decision to come to St.
Mary’s, he reiterated his positive feel­ings
for the school. He compared St.
Mary's to Virginia-Wesleyan, which
he attended. He likened the athletic
department here to that at Virginia-
Wesleyan at the time he was there,
saying the program here is one that is
“just getting started [and is] looking
down the road to doing something.”
He also said he feels St. Mary’s is a
“good institution and that he looks
forward to coaching here. When asked
about the effect he hopes he will have
on campus sports and the college in
general, Coach Valvano said that he
hopes to bring positive attention to
campus sports, and through sports to
the college.
Although at the time I spoke with
him, he had only had one day of con­ditioning
to evaluate the team, Coach
Valvano iscautiously optimistic about
the upcoming season. He says, that
when he was at Catholic, he and his
team always had great respect for the
St. Mary’s team because it had good
players and was well-coached. This
next season will not be an easy one,
however, for a number of reasons.
First of all, the preseason conditioning
period was shortened this year, which
is a particular problem with a new
coach. Secondly, the transition be­tween
coaches will be rough simply
because ex-coach Jay Gardiner and
Valvano have totally different coach­ing
philosophies. Finally, Valvano
describes the teams pre-Christmas
schedule as “very difficult.” Eventu­ally
he hopes to return tothe three-point
offense he developed at Catho­lic,
but said that, for this year, he is not
going to “squash players into a system
that doesn’t fit.”
After speaking wi th Coach Valvano,
I was very impressed. He loves coach­ing
basketball, and is very good at it.
Hopefully he can have the same posi­tive
effect here that he has had at other
schools.
Cooke named CAC
athlete of the month
Tied for team lead in goals, points
SPORTS INFORMATION
_________ OFFICE_________
Senior co-captain, Corey Cooke
was named the Capital Athletic Con­ference
September athlete of the
month. A starter on the men’s soc­cer
leam, Cooke plays stopper for
the team, which compiled a 3-2-1
overall record for the month.
Cooke has netted two goals from
hi s defensive position, and has added
one assist, which ties him for the
lead in both points and goals on the
team.
Additionally, he has been instru­mental
in holding the opposition to
only 10 shots and less than one goal
per game. “The defensive perfor­mance
of this team is the best since
I’ve been here,” said fourth year
headcoachBarry Schimpf. “Corey’s
contribution cannot be overstated
as it is the main reason for our suc­cess.”
Volleyball team has mixed results
LEIGH KESSLER
staff writer
Mary Washington College was the
women's volleyball team's most re­cent
challenge, and although they
couldn't pull out a win, all was not
lost. They played Shenandoah follow­ing
their match with Mary Washing­ton
and won, improving theirrecord to
7-3.
The ladies started out slowly in
their first game against Mary Wash­ington.
After the Eagkes had rallied to
a ten point lead, the ladies pulled
things together and, at one point, went
ahead of the Eagles. They could
not manage to hold their lead.
They lost the first game 15-13.
The second and third games
did not start off so badly for the
Seahawks but they stukk were
unable to pull out a win in either
game. The final scores for the
match were 15-13; 15-8; 15-7.
Defense was the name of the
game against Mary Washington.
The team combined to have 60
digs. Amy Brewer led the team
with 17 followed by Leigh Kessler
with nine and Jen Herrmann with
seven. Stephanie Kaples and
Amy Brewer led the team with
six kills each.
Against Shenandoah the
Seahawks seemed to have trouble stay­ing
focused on the game. In the first
game they played well and win 15-8.
In the third game the ladies again
started out slowly and had to play
catch-up. This time they managed to
pull out a win.
In the third game the Seahawks
again started out slowly and had to
play catch-up. This time they man­aged
to pull ahead and win the final
game and match. The final score was
15-8;15-17; 15-11.
The ladies next home game will be
a tournament on October 17, at 9 am.
PHOTO BY JOSH GREY
Virginia Leithauser was also CAC athlete of the month of September. Leithauser sets
career goal record
SPORTS INFORMATION
OFFICE
VirginiaLeithauser booted in the
35 th goal of her career Oct. 3 against
Trinity College to break St. Mary’s
all-time scorring record of 34 goals
set by Michelle Kammeron in 1987.
With 6:15 to go in the game,
Leithauser took a teammate’s pass
and netted her record breaking goal.
The Seahawks won the game 13-0.
Leithauser was presented with
the record-breaking ball by her coach
Mike Sweeney while her father,
James, and sister, Laura, looked
on.“
Virginia is a super player and
she’s having a great year,” said
Sweeney. “I am really excited and
happy for her, she truly deserves it.”
A senior, Leithauser excells in
the classroom as well. She is a
Dean’s List student carrying a 3.1
grade point average in political sci­ence.
She is also co-captain of the
team. She was also the Capital Ath­letic
Conference’s female athlete of
the month for September.
The Point News October 6,1992

Wcofeeard
Lait Week's results Next Week’s Schedule
Monday
Volleyball at Anne
Arundel and Hood
Women's soccer
SMC 13, Trinity 0
Wednesday
Volleyball at
Shenandoah and
Marymount
Mins Soccer
SMC 0, York 3
SMC 0* Mary Washing-tonS
:K:
Saturday
Volleyball at SMC
• College Tournament
Soccer at Western
Maryland College
Volleyball -fe;-
Mary Washington de­feated
SMC, 3-0
SMC defeated
StertMdo^h, 3-0 :;iif
Sports Commentary—-------------------------------------------
A discussion with Bob Valvano
LEYLA KRIKOR
staff writer
When I went to interview Bob
Valvano, I didn’t quite know what to
expect. I had no idea what sort of a
person he was and the little I had heard
about him had been pretty negative.
After I talked with him. however, I felt
differently.
All that most people know about
Bob Valvano is what they heard in
March when he was fired from Catho­lic.
Many of the stories that went
around then were highly exaggerated
and as Coach Valvano pointed out to
me, if you take the worst incidents
during a three year period in anyone's
life as a representative of that person,
you get apretty negative impression of
almost anyone. Most people made up
their minds how they felt about Bob
Valvano without rinding out the facts.
First of all, most people don’t real­ize
what an experienced and distin­guished
coach Bob Valvano is. He has
fifteen years of coaching experience,
including time in all three NCAA
divisions as well as coaching profes­sionally
in Europe. He has always had
successful teams, and is known for
making sure his teams do well aca­demically.
Most people also don’t re­alize
what a good person Bob Valvano
is. After speaking with him, any ques­tions
I had about his character were
put to rest.
I first asked Coach Valvano about
the incidents at Catholic. In three years
at Catholic, Coach Valvano essen-tiallyrebuiltthemen’sbasketball
team,
taking them from 17-35 his first two
seasons to 21 -6 his last season. At the
end of the 1991-92 season, Catholic
had a legitimate chance for a national
tournament berth. In three years at
Catholic, his teams set six NCAA
Division III as well as sixteen school
records. Last year, the Catholic Cardi­nals
also had a fourteen game winning
streak, the longest in school history.
He has along list of accomplishments
to his name. Two incidents, however,
have marred his record. In 1989,
Valvano allowed players of legal drink­ing
age to buy beer on the trip home
from a game. He now admits that it
was an “error in judgement.” In 1990,
during a losing streak, Coach Valvano,
using a motivational technique bor­rowed
from Bobby Knight, distrib­uted
tampons to his players. Although
it worked and the team won the next
six games, Valvano admits that after­wards,
“I felt it was wrong and I didn’t
think it was a good thing to do...It was
a tremendous oversight on my part”
It was a isolated incident that was
never repeated. While many people
who don’t know Bob Valvano view
this incident as evidence of sexism he
vehemently denies that: “I’m not sex­ist.
I’ve never been sexist,” and that
thought has been reiterated to me by
everyone I’ve spoken to who knows
him. After speaking with him, I am
convinced that he is not at all sexist,
not just because of his explanation of
the tampon incident, but on a more
personal note, when I interviewed him,
he treated me, as a female sports-writer,
with respect, and he took me
seriously, which is a lotmore than I’ve
gotten from some people.
In speaking with Coach Valvano
about his decision to come to St.
Mary’s, he reiterated his positive feel­ings
for the school. He compared St.
Mary's to Virginia-Wesleyan, which
he attended. He likened the athletic
department here to that at Virginia-
Wesleyan at the time he was there,
saying the program here is one that is
“just getting started [and is] looking
down the road to doing something.”
He also said he feels St. Mary’s is a
“good institution and that he looks
forward to coaching here. When asked
about the effect he hopes he will have
on campus sports and the college in
general, Coach Valvano said that he
hopes to bring positive attention to
campus sports, and through sports to
the college.
Although at the time I spoke with
him, he had only had one day of con­ditioning
to evaluate the team, Coach
Valvano iscautiously optimistic about
the upcoming season. He says, that
when he was at Catholic, he and his
team always had great respect for the
St. Mary’s team because it had good
players and was well-coached. This
next season will not be an easy one,
however, for a number of reasons.
First of all, the preseason conditioning
period was shortened this year, which
is a particular problem with a new
coach. Secondly, the transition be­tween
coaches will be rough simply
because ex-coach Jay Gardiner and
Valvano have totally different coach­ing
philosophies. Finally, Valvano
describes the teams pre-Christmas
schedule as “very difficult.” Eventu­ally
he hopes to return tothe three-point
offense he developed at Catho­lic,
but said that, for this year, he is not
going to “squash players into a system
that doesn’t fit.”
After speaking wi th Coach Valvano,
I was very impressed. He loves coach­ing
basketball, and is very good at it.
Hopefully he can have the same posi­tive
effect here that he has had at other
schools.
Cooke named CAC
athlete of the month
Tied for team lead in goals, points
SPORTS INFORMATION
_________ OFFICE_________
Senior co-captain, Corey Cooke
was named the Capital Athletic Con­ference
September athlete of the
month. A starter on the men’s soc­cer
leam, Cooke plays stopper for
the team, which compiled a 3-2-1
overall record for the month.
Cooke has netted two goals from
hi s defensive position, and has added
one assist, which ties him for the
lead in both points and goals on the
team.
Additionally, he has been instru­mental
in holding the opposition to
only 10 shots and less than one goal
per game. “The defensive perfor­mance
of this team is the best since
I’ve been here,” said fourth year
headcoachBarry Schimpf. “Corey’s
contribution cannot be overstated
as it is the main reason for our suc­cess.”
Volleyball team has mixed results
LEIGH KESSLER
staff writer
Mary Washington College was the
women's volleyball team's most re­cent
challenge, and although they
couldn't pull out a win, all was not
lost. They played Shenandoah follow­ing
their match with Mary Washing­ton
and won, improving theirrecord to
7-3.
The ladies started out slowly in
their first game against Mary Wash­ington.
After the Eagkes had rallied to
a ten point lead, the ladies pulled
things together and, at one point, went
ahead of the Eagles. They could
not manage to hold their lead.
They lost the first game 15-13.
The second and third games
did not start off so badly for the
Seahawks but they stukk were
unable to pull out a win in either
game. The final scores for the
match were 15-13; 15-8; 15-7.
Defense was the name of the
game against Mary Washington.
The team combined to have 60
digs. Amy Brewer led the team
with 17 followed by Leigh Kessler
with nine and Jen Herrmann with
seven. Stephanie Kaples and
Amy Brewer led the team with
six kills each.
Against Shenandoah the
Seahawks seemed to have trouble stay­ing
focused on the game. In the first
game they played well and win 15-8.
In the third game the ladies again
started out slowly and had to play
catch-up. This time they managed to
pull out a win.
In the third game the Seahawks
again started out slowly and had to
play catch-up. This time they man­aged
to pull ahead and win the final
game and match. The final score was
15-8;15-17; 15-11.
The ladies next home game will be
a tournament on October 17, at 9 am.
PHOTO BY JOSH GREY
Virginia Leithauser was also CAC athlete of the month of September. Leithauser sets
career goal record
SPORTS INFORMATION
OFFICE
VirginiaLeithauser booted in the
35 th goal of her career Oct. 3 against
Trinity College to break St. Mary’s
all-time scorring record of 34 goals
set by Michelle Kammeron in 1987.
With 6:15 to go in the game,
Leithauser took a teammate’s pass
and netted her record breaking goal.
The Seahawks won the game 13-0.
Leithauser was presented with
the record-breaking ball by her coach
Mike Sweeney while her father,
James, and sister, Laura, looked
on.“
Virginia is a super player and
she’s having a great year,” said
Sweeney. “I am really excited and
happy for her, she truly deserves it.”
A senior, Leithauser excells in
the classroom as well. She is a
Dean’s List student carrying a 3.1
grade point average in political sci­ence.
She is also co-captain of the
team. She was also the Capital Ath­letic
Conference’s female athlete of
the month for September.
The Point News October 6,1992